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Amalou Secondary School. School Year: 2018/2019. Level: Third year FL. Duration: 2 hours. The First Term English Examination Part One Reading: (14 pts) Read the text below carefully then do the activities Comprehension and Interpretation (7 pts): 1- Say whether these statements are true or false: a- Journalists need to go through many steps when doing their work. b- Jayson Blair was caught writing real stories. c- Blair used to interview people only by phone and said that he had met them in person. d- The journalist’s unethical behaviour has no effect on the readers. 2- Answer the following questions according to the text: A- Why do some journalists break the rules of journalism? B- Did Jayson Blair always use real quotes in his articles? Justify your answer. C- What did the New York Times do in order to preserve its good image after Blair’s bad behaviour? 3- In which paragraph is it mentioned that the immoral behaviour of some journalists lead people to lose confidence in the newspapers they are working for? 4- What or whom do the underlined words refer to in the text? a) them (§1)………… b) them (§2) ………… c) It (§3) ………… 5- Choose the right answer. The text is: a) prescriptive. b) argumentative. c) expository. Journalists employ a variety of techniques to research stories that they then submit to their editors. They interview people, check a variety of sources, and observe things first-hand in order to create a newspaper article that informs the public. Sometimes, however, deadlines press them to break the rules of journalism. For example, journalists have plagiarized someone else's writing or even inserted fabricated, or made-up, information to make an article more interesting. Both of these actions are considered unethical and, when made public, can damage a publication's reputation. That was true in the case of Jayson Blair of the New York Times. Blair was caught modifying his stories with fabricated and plagiarized material. In some cases, Blair said he had interviewed people in person. In fact, he had spoken with them by phone. In other cases, he had apparently never spoken with them at all. Blair also borrowed sentences from other newspaper articles and tried to pass them off as his own. In several cases, Blair made up quotes to include in his articles. This became apparent when the individuals he supposedly quoted spoke up and said that they had never said those things. Because Blair's actions were made public, the New York Times was forced to apologize publicly in order to protect their reputation. In a cover story published on May 11, 2003, the New York Times publicly acknowledged the unethical conduct of Jayson Blair. It emphasized its dedication to ethical journalism and assured the public that Blair-type reporting would not be tolerated at the paper. Unethical behaviour surely exists in all organizations, but the case of Jayson Blair was particularly upsetting. A journalist's misbehaviour affects millions of readers and ruins the trust of the public. Adapted from : https://facweb.northseattle.edu/ralishio/Oxford%20%20University%20Press/Inside%20Reading%202/ Inside%20Reading%20Exams/ir_l02_u09_test.doc 3as.ency-education.com ency-education.com/exams
